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Demolition of first Department of Water and Power, Alameda St., Los Angeles, 1939
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Demolition of first Department of Water and Power, Alameda St., Los Angeles, 1939
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Description
Photograph. "Another Landmark Gives Way to Progress -- Photo shows wrecking yesterday of first home of the Department of Water and Power, recently purchased by the City, to make a wide approach by way of Marchessault Street to the new Union Station. With work being rushed, thousands of persons will occupy the site of this landmark on May 3, when the celebration's parade passes on Alameda Street. The old building was the main office of the municipal water works when the City bought out the private water companies operation here until 1902." -- typed note attached to verso, dated 19 April 1939; Streetscape. Horizontal photography.
Asset Metadata
Title
Demolition of first Department of Water and Power, Alameda St., Los Angeles, 1939
Subject
Los Angeles -- City -- Buildings -- Union Depot
(file heading)
Tags
OAI-PMH Harvest
Place
800 North Alameda Street
(roadway),
California
(states),
Department of Water and Power (DWP)
(manmade features),
Downtown Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(city or populated place),
Los Angeles
(counties),
Marchessault Street
(roadway),
Union Station
(manmade features),
USA
(countries)
Geocoordinate
-118.23483,34.05566 (
point
), -118.23561,34.05665 (
point
), -118.23637,34.05471 (
point
), -118.2373,34.05611 (
point
)
Temporal Subject
1939-04-19
Type
images
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
(aacr2),
photographic prints
(aat),
photographs
(aat)
Source
Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
(collection),
Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
(subcollection),
University of Southern California
(contributing entity)
Date Created
1939-04-19
Publisher
University of Southern California. Libraries
(digital)
Repository Email
cisadmin@lib.usc.edu
Repository Name
USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository Location
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Rights
For uses other than private, please contact the USC Digital Library at cisadmin@lib.usc.edu
Access Conditions
Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu
Permanent Link (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m2750
Identifier
3-1275-02805-1150 (
barcode
), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-527 (
filename
), examiner-m4404 (
legacy collection record id
), examiner-c44-90010 (
legacy record id
), examiner-m2750 (
legacy record id
), EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-527 (
original filename
), Subjects 319 (
print box
)
IIIF ID
[Document.IIIFV3ID]
DM Record ID
90010
Unique identifier
UC11732445
Legacy Identifier
EXM-P-S-LOS-ANG-CIT-BUI-527.tiff
Type
Image
Internet Media Type
image/tiff
Resolution
11.5 in × 9.4 in at 300dpi
29.3 cm × 23.9 cm at 300dpi
Inherited Values
Title
Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
Linked assets
Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961
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